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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-004 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 02-20 (Change 2)

Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 2)

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate · United States Coast Guard; nationwide (Federal)

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Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. 160.216; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; 42 C.F.R. 71.21
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
2020-03-16 (superseded by Change 3) (read as 2020-03-16)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 16, 2020
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • all vessels arriving at U.S. ports
  • masters
  • facility operators
Functions reached
  • TV/DR vessel entry (China, Iran, Schengen Area)
  • PT terminals
  • HR crew
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

The Coast Guard considers it a hazardous condition under 33 CFR 160.216 if anyone, regardless of where they have been or who they have interacted with, shows symptoms of COVID-19 or other flu like illness. This requires immediate notification to the nearest Coast Guard COTP.... embarked passengers who have been in the countries noted above within the last 14 days will be denied entry into the United States.

Enforcement

33 C.F.R. 160.216; COTP orders under 33 C.F.R. 160.111

Notes

Extends the entry denial and crew-restriction conditions to the Schengen Area; universal symptom-reporting trigger.

Retrieval note

Text read in full. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order). in_force_quarters is per instrument (brief, sec.

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